Oak Broom And Meadowsweet

[Verse 1]
Gather ’round people let me spin you a tale
Of a Mother’s anger and a curse doomed to fail
Arianrhod’s baby whom she did disown
And Gwydion stole him to raise as his own
Well the boy he grew to be strong and brave
But his Mother cursed him not to be given a name
When he cast a stone where a Wren it did land
She said, “The Young Lion has a Steady Hand!”

[Chorus]
Call the May, Call the May
Call the May, Call the May
Gather ’round people and call in the May
Call the May, Call the May
Call the May, Call the May
Gather ’round people and call in the May

[Verse 2]
So she laid upon him a new destiny
“You shall never have any weapons unless given by me”
Then a phantom army by Gwydion’s charms
Forced Arianrhod to give Llew his arms
Then in rage and torment she laid down this curse
“You shall never marry a woman of the race of the Earth”
So Gwydion and Math planned to foil her hate
And with the herbs of the forest they twisted his fate

[Verse 3]
So they gathered from the forest
From the Grove where they meet
Flowers of Oak, Broom and Meadowsweet
And uttering upon them a Verse of Power
A figure began to form from the flowers
Oh rise, and wake, fairest Lady of Spring!
Come and be wed to the Forest King!
Flower-face is your name oh Blodeuwedd
You carry life within your breath!

[Chant]
Come Oak, broom and meadowsweet
Come Oak, broom and meadowsweet
Come Oak, broom and meadowsweet
Come hawthorn, come May!
Come Oak, broom and meadowsweet
Come Oak, broom and meadowsweet
Come Oak, broom and meadowsweet
Come Blodeuwedd, come wake!